Recovery and Transformation

The US healthcare system is notorious. In this discussion with Jonathan Kissam of United Electrical Workers, we talk about Jonathan's own journey dealing with mental health issues as well as what he sees among his colleagues.
00:00 - What depression feels like
00:30 - Collective problem, individual solution
00:58 - Introduction
02:14 - Jonathan's youth
05:25 - Class and regionalism
10:18 - College and organizing
18:05 - Mental health
21:27 - What depression feels like
23:30 - Political depression & effectiveness
34:14 - Mental health struggles
40:09 - The US healthcare system
47:10 - Running and community
50:30 - Sleep
53:25 - Nutrition
59:50 - Tips for improving mental health

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Dr. Gary Fettke is a medical doctor in Australia who’s been practicing for 40 years. A few years ago Gary was facing a law suit for recommending that his diabetic patients not be given so much sugar. That led him down the rabbit hole of low carb and ancestrally appropriate diets but also it led him and his wife Belinda to research into the ideology of the food guidelines first in the USA and then in Australia and now around the world. Now if you’ve heard Dr. Fettke before I still want you to pay attention to this interview because we cover some ground that may be new for a lot of people. Particularly the question of how these guidelines and ways of eating are getting exported to developing countries around the world and why obesity rates in Pacific countries are the highest in the world. If you like this conversation please do make sure to leave us a review on whatever platform you’re listening.
00:00 - Gary's recommended diet
00:21 - Intro
01:56 - Gary's medical background
05:40 - "I became a target"
10:16 - Diet is is now recognised as medicine
12:15 - Dietary guidelines as a failed social experiment
14:10 - Where the guidelines came from
20:37 - How medicine became "sick care"
24:50 - Flaws in the Adventist health studies
27:06 - Who controls the protein?
30:01 - Is Australia going vegan?
33:05 - Most obese countries in the world
34:27 - Gary tried the guidelines
35:28 - Obesity in the Pacific
40:10 - Nutritional model of inflammation and modern disease
45:09 - Is it really arthritis?
47:08 - Bariatric surgery and support
50:10 - With grains came disease
53:12 - Alternative Neolithic Revolution hypothesis
58:50 - Swimming upstream to improve your health

Can Indians Eat Low Carb? R&T #38 with Shashi Iyengar and Anup Singh
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The benefits of a low carb diet are very well understood. But for many of us who grew up in India or in South Asia more generally, the diet is built around carbs. Rice, roti, idli, naan - these are our staple foods. My guests today are two people who have been thinking deeply about how to manage this issue in the Indian context. Indians can indeed eat low carb.
00:00 - Mostly Vegetarians
00:26 - Intro
01:45 - Anup's Journey
08:53 - Shashi's journey
13:10 - Who's receptive?
16:25 - Eggs and cholesterol
18:28 - Vegetarians can do it
20:33 - Dietary strategy and walking
26:40 - D Life History
32:35 - Diabetes in India
36:00 - How diabetes happens
37:20 - The way forward
41:00 - Cholesterol (again)

WHAT IS FAMINE CUISINE? Indian Food History and Diabetes with Dr. Manoshi Bhattacharya
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Diabetes was first diagnosed in India centuries ago. More recently colonial policy left India with a legacy of famine which has greatly influenced Indian food cultures. What is famine cuisine and how is it related to our tendency to develop diabetes? Dr. Manoshi Bhattacharya joins me to discuss.
00:00 - Reversing diabetes in 600 BCE
00:43 - Famine cuisine
01:06 - Intro
02:43 - Dr. Manoshi's background
05:10 - Studying diabetes and nutrition
08:46 - Problem with nutritional data
09:20 - No Food Off Limits
11:10 - Why do Indians eat a diabetogenic diet?
12:48 - First identification and treatment of diabetes
14:50 - Food history of the Mesolithic
17:02 - Were there Mesolithic vegetarians?
20:41 - Life stages of a traditional Hindu
23:40 - Link between colonialism and vegetarianism
27:50 - What is famine cuisine?
30:08 - The myth of vegetarian India
31:20 - Why don't vegetarians eat vegetables?
38:40 - (re)learning how to eat from history
45:08 - Feasting and fasting
51:52 - New foods
53:40 - How to be a healthy vegetarian
55:00 - Indian Feasts

Progressive Pandemic? What's the real progressive take on C19 policies? | R&T #32 with Mark Read
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The C*19 response has largely been split into two camps - those who believe in vaccines, masks, and lockdowns vs those who don't. This is a binary response to a public health crisis that requires nuance. In this discussion, Mark Read and I discuss. Mark teaches Media Studies at NYU and at Southern Main Community College.
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00:00 - The Class Issue
01:20 - Intro
02:57 - Mark’s Background and 90’s activism
07:15 - Science vs Propaganda
11:30 - Questionable benefit, known harm
15:55 - Public Health Officials and the Pandemic of Fear
18:05 - Class and Tribal Identity
19:30 - Natural Immunity and Boosters
23:16 - Paul Offit and Public Trust
25:00 - Understanding the false dichotomy of Status Quo vs Fascism
35:27 - The left needs to organize
38:04 - Corrupt elites breed distrust of institutions
41:35 - Mask science overview
44:50 - When does this end?
46:45 - Red State Blue State experiment
51:55 - Case counts and collective anxiety disorder
56:42 - How do we build our movements?
1:01:38 - The duopoly within hegemony
1:07:17 - Media as a panic generator
1:12:48 - Getting back in-person organizing and Long COVID
1:20:20 - Compassion towards those suffering from anxiety